Culinary tongs.



PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

I c. F. SMITH.

CULINARY TONGS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1906.

km & N. w Z W m WITNESSES ATTORNEYS A UNITED STATES,

CHARLES AN L SMITH} OFJ NEW Q YORK, NJY.

" LY HLI BY Be it known that I, CHARLES FRANKLIN- SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and. a'

resident of the cityof New York borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings', and

. Culinary Ton ,of whichthe following is a potatoes, and the like.

full, clear, an exact description.

This invention is an improvement m tongs for grasping and lifting such articles as eggs,-

The invention contem lates' the reduction of a device of this 0 aracter -0 simple construction and practical to manufacture,

which can be manipulated with ease by the use of a single band of the operator.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this-specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the bent upon itself at its center to form arms 1 1,'eonnected together b an eye 2, said eye serving as a spring tendlng to hold the arms in separated relation. At the end of each arm 1 is provided a ocket 3 of like construction, these pockets eing formed by spirally coiling the wire conically and in an oval shape, thus adapting the pockets for grasping and lifting such articles as eggs, potatoes, &c.

For operating the pockets 3 of the tongs, drawing them together to inclose an article, is provided a slidable member 4, preferably constructed of a single piece of wire bent at each end to form guides 5 and 6, embracing the arms 1, respectively, near their upper and lower portions. 7 The wire after forming the guide 6 is extended and bent to form an eye 7, arranged in a plane at right angles thereto.

' pockets towar each other.

guide 6 the arms 1 are eachprovided with a As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the arms 1 just above the guide 5 are bulged outwardly to provide divergent portions 8, on which the guide 5 is ada ted to travel in drawing the Just below the kink 9, which when engaged with this guide tate'of New" York, have inventeda new and Improved until forcibly moved thereon.

Inthe operation of the tongs they are 6o;

grasped by one. hand in thelmanner illustrated in Fig. 1, the thumb and forefinger, re-'.

spectively, passing through the eyes 2 and 7.. With the hand in this position the member 4 can be moved 'upwardly to the position shown in Fig.2 to draw the pockets 3 together and inclose the article which itis desired to move. On withdrawing the finger from the eye 7 the member 4 is automatically returned by gravity and under the influence of the divergent portions 8 to the position shownin Fig. 3; y r

Although I have described the preferred 80.841839. Specification ornefir'iir te t. Patented Karen 19, 19cm i Y I A man-med Rommel-17.1906. Sonatina- 848.846. I

To all whom it may concern I hold the member 4 from sliding on the arms construction of my im roved tongs 1n detail,

I regard the precise em odiment as not material and the scope of the invention as limit by the annexed claims onl Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- I 1 1. The herein-described culinary tongs consisting of a single wire bent upon itself to form two arms normally tending to spring apart, said arms being outwardly bulged at a point intermediate their length to form" inclined ortions, pockets formed at the outer ends 0? said arms, and a device having a guide at its lower end embracing said arms intermediate the ockets and inclined portions, whereby wlien said device. is drawn upwardly, the pockets are forced together, and when released the pockets are automatically separated.

2. The herein-described culinary tongs consisting of two arms connected together by a spring member tending to force them apart, holding means at the extremities of said arms, said arms having outwardly-inclined ortiofis above said holding means, and a evice having a guide embracing the arms between the holding means and inclined portions, whereby when said device is drawn in one direction, the holding means are forced together, and when released said holding means are automatically separated. I 3. The herein-described culinary tongs consisting of a single wire bent upon itself to form two arms connected together by a spring-eye tending to force said arms apart, a pocket carried at the free end of each arm, saidarms having outwardly-bulged portions abovesaid pockets, a second wire having a guide formed at each end embracing said in the plane at right angles to said first eye,

arms"bel'oW and above said bulged portions, In testimony whereof I have signed my and a second eye formed on sai second Wire; name to this. specification in the presence of two suhserihin' Witnesses:

whereby when said eyes are drawnito ether Z ES FRANKLIN SMITH.

the pockets approach each other, an when Witnesses: a

said second eye is-released, the pockets are automatically separated.

ARTHUR STUBER, ROBERT HARPER. v 

